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February 2009

Thursday is a Design party at "Giannetti Home"...which of course we had to dress the store in style today...moving and primping...I can't wait to hear Brooke address the design groupies to discuss her style....Elegant, yet casual...

My garden is just beginning to blossom and I have a new resident this year.

A cherry blossom tree. You can take the girl out of Baltimore (Charm City) if you will, but you can't take the Baltimore out of this girl...ever.

I usually travel back each year for the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C., but I can't make it this year...I planned ahead and got a tree sent from an East Coast grower last year...

It kinda looks like "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree" or an expression like "What the hell am I doing in California ?"...I feel it's bewilderment...I often wonder myself....Here is a pic of the first bloom, (excuse the blur , my Canon is is still on the mend) with some other beauties in my garden...

I have Pink Jasmine all over my picket fence and covering my bungalow...the scent is intoxicating or toxic for some of my allergic neighbors..

Oh well, It really is all about me..Right? Just kidding...

I can't wait to post tonight about 6 special ladies I will be spending the weekend with...

That is what I keep telling myself. I have been working really night and day to get the new Sweetpeas open...but being the perfectionist I won't open until it's perfect and I have given myself another 2 weeks to do just that. I am available for appointments and booking parties (we are booked through March and some dates are left in April)

I can't wait to see everyone walk through the doors again...it is quite different than my first Sweetpeas...kinda Hollywood Glam meets vintage sequined gowns, beautiful hand sewn shirts, bohemian accessories, sparkly jewels with a little paper and glitter thrown in.

The store front is painted a beautiful vintage carnation pink that will be adorned with...

Oh, I'm giving too much away...You will just have to wait and see.

Sweetpeas Grand Opening will be Saturday, March 7th at 10:00am with a raffle give-away to good to be true...We are talking BIG. I will be unveiling the prize later next week...the proceeds of the raffle will go to different charities that Sweetpeas has always supported.

By the way, I would be opening a week earlier but Deb and I are taking a road trip to Arizona to have some girlfriend fun visiting some gals I've met in blogland but especially to spend some time with Dearest Maija...I can't wait.

I've learned this year to put myself and kids before anything...sometimes even opening my business.

Weary of this rainy Winter weather? Me too. And so I'm willing Spring to 'hurry up and get here already!' with a one of a kind event. You're invited to join my pal Robert Mahar and I for an 'egg-ceptional' Spring Soiree on Saturday morning March 14th! Read more below the image!

We'll be gathering in my Santa Monica kitchen for an intimate scale workshop with Robert who will share his unusual technique for dying eggs using vintage ties. It's an amazingly simple method you'll use over and over again to fill your Easter basket with intricately patterned eggs. You'll also learn how to easily hollow and preserve your eggs for years to come. As always, Robert will prepare beautiful class kits with all of the materials you'll need - just bring a dozen (or two!) raw eggs. There will also be additional class kits available for purchase, so you can make more at home.

And what better way to follow up a morning of crafting than with with a delicious brunch. How does bird's nest egg salad, spring greens, jasmine sangria and chocolate bunnies sound?

Then we'll head on over to the Sweetpeas & Snapshots shop for a special Easter egg hunt...we're talking more than just jelly beans - think gift certificates and other gorgeous goodies. Want to make it a little more interesting? Wear something robin's egg blue (aka Tiffany blue, dahling) and be eligible to win door prizes all day long!

Plus! I'll be offering limited edition vintage Easter packs, 20% off of all of your shop purchases and a special surprise make & take project. Oh, I can't wait!

We're seriously limiting the size of this 'kitchen-scale class' and offering it at a very pocketbook friendly $35. per person! The event will start at 10:30 am at my home, continue at the Sweetpeas & Snapshots store and conclude around 2:00 pm or so. Call me now to sign up at 310-490-0434!